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Jim Kopecky

Utah HB 395 changes functions of VA

Last updated Monday, April 8, 2013 - 2:15pm

Editor,

Utah House Bill 395, Veterans Affairs Amendments, which was signed into law on March 27, changes the functions of the Utah Department of Veterans Affairs. In my opinion, this tells 170,000 veterans in the state of Utah, we don’t count. Representative Hughes is the individual who wrote this bill and is sponsoring the changes to take place and I definitely would not vote for this individual, if I was in his district.

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Governor ignored HB 418 when appointing director

Jim Kopecky Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 5:20pm

Editor,

The governor’s office has appointed a new executive director, Utah Department of Veterans Affairs, without obeying House Bill 418, Section 71-8-2 (2) which states, "The governor shall appoint an executive director for the department, subject to Senate confirmation, from a list of qualified veterans provided by the Veterans’ Advisory Council. Any veteran or veteran’s group may submit names to the council for consideration."

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